Railway-track.



PATENTED `NOV. 20, 1906.

E. MoLLoY.

RAILWAY TRACK. APPLIGATION FILED' MAn\.zo.19o5.

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EDMOND MOLLOY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAILWAY-TRACK'.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 20, 1906.

Application led March 20, 1905. Serial No. 251,181.

To au w/tom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMOND MoLLoY, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Tracks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the construction of railway-tracks wherein a novel form of bisected double -head rail is employed, the parts or members of said rail being reversible and interchangeable to present atleast four different surfaces into position successively for engagement with the flanges of the carwheels, whereby a fresh unworn surface of the rail may replace a worn surface Without involving the employment of new rails or requiring the track to be relaid'. This secures great economy in the installation and maintenance of the track in a good serviceable condition and reduces the jar and vibration on the rolling-stock, so that the cars run smoothly over the track. I also contemplate the employment of a novel form of a chair adapted to hold the complemental sections of the rail in their proper working condition. With each chair is combined a suitable binder for holding the parts of the chair securely iny proper relation to the rail, and the adjacent chairs of the track are connected by a stem or cross member, preferably of tubular form.

The several parts or elements used in the construction of the track are duplicates, so that the assemblage of the parts is facilitated and the operation of laying or installing the although ties already in place on an old track may be used in new equipment work by and during the installation of my new track.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this speciiication, wherein like characters of reference are used to indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a railway-track constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the track shown by Fig. 1.. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section taken through the rail and the chair in which said rail is secured. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the binder for a sectional chair, said binder being removed. Fig. 5 is a detail View in elevation looking at the inner face of one section of a chair. Fig. 6 is a cross-section through one member of a bisected or divided rail, and Fig. 7 is a crosssection of another form of member adapted to be assembled with a companion member and form therewith a bisected rail.

In carrying my invention into practice I employ below each rail of the track a continf uous carrier or Stringer A, the same being of any suitable material, although I prefer to employ wooden beams of the desired width and thickness to support the parts of the track. At appropriate intervals on this continuous carrier the sectional chairs are secured, each chair consisting of the sections B B. The sections of each chair are adapted to hug and frictionally engage with an interposed rail, which is seated on the base formed by the sections of the chair, and from the fact that said chair-sections have frictional engagement with the respective members of a bisected rail said sections may be aptly termed hugs Each section of'the chair is cast or otherwise formed in a single piece of metal, said section having an inner face, which conforms to the outside face of the rail. The chair is provided at its lower portion with spike-flanges t, having suitable notches or recesses b for the reception of spikes X, which secure the chair-section to the carrier or Stringer. The sections B B are assembled in opposing relation to engage with the respective sides of an interposed rail, and the base portions of said chair-sections B B are adapted to extend below the under side of the rail in order to form a seat for said rail. The rail is thus adapted to be seated directly on the base formed by the lower parts of the sections B B, and said chair-sections are adapted to be drawn toward each other, so as to bind the members of the bisected rail into engagement firmly with each other.

I prefer to provide the chair-sections with transverse openings c in their lower parts, said openings being in alinement or registration with each other when the sections are assembled into matching relation. These openings accommodate a binder, which is shown by the drawings in the form of a member C, adapted to pass through the alined IOO IOS

openings c, as shown by Fig. 3. This binder is provided with means whereby the sections B B of the chair are held in engagement with the sides of the rail. As shown, the binder is provided at one end with a collar d, which is fast with an end portion of the binder-as, for example, by making the collar in one piece with said binder. The other end portion of the binder has a male thread d', on which is screwed a female threaded collar d2. The binder is passed through the openings c in the chair-sections for the collar d to engage with the section B, after which the collar d2 is screwed on the other end of the binder into engagement with the chairsection B.

As hereinbefore stated, I employa bisected rail, said rail being divided in the plane of the vertical axis thereof. This division of the rail produces two members D D, shown more clearly by Figs. 3 and 6, said members Vbeing complements of each other and assembled in matching relation. Each member of the rail is rolled or otherwise produced in the shape shown more particularly by Fig. 6, wherein the rail member is represented as having a plane flat inner face c, a plurality of longitudinal grooves f in said inner face, and a longitudinal channel g in the outer face. The grooves f are provided in the inner face of the rail on the respective sides of the plane of the channel g in the outer face, and said rail member is so fashioned that it is provided with sections of rail-heads h h at the respective edges thereof.

The inner plane face e of each member of the rail has preferably a fluted, corrugated, serrated, or otherwise roughened surface i, shown more clearly by Fig. 2, said fluted or roughened surface being provided above and below the longitudinal grooves It will be understood that each section D D of the rail is constructed as just described. In assembling the members to form the complete rail they are placed with their faces e in opposing or engagin relation as represented by Fig. 3, thereby ringing the roughened surfaces into interlocking relation, as represented by Fig. 3, and also bringing the grooves ff into registering relation in order to produce longitudinal spaces or chambers Within the rail, one of said spaces being indicated at Ein Fig. 3.

By making the rail members D D complements of each other they are adapted to be interchanged and reversed in order to present fresh or unimpaired wear-surfaces for engagement by the flanges of the Wheels on the rolling-stock. The operation of assembling the complementary members in matching relation brings the heads h h of the respective sections into coincident positions, thus producing a complete head for engagement with the treads of the wheels.

It will be seen that the rail is formed in a complete or entire condition by bringing the members thereof into matching relation, and thus the rail-head is produced for engagement with the wheel-treads. The parts of the chair bind the two members of the rail solidly and firmly together, because the collars of the binders draw the chair-sections B B into iirm engagement with the rail mem bers D D, and said members are in turn clamped solidly against each other by and betwen the sections of the chair.

It is of course well known that a rail becomes worn on that edge which is presented for engagement with the wheel-flanges. My construction of the rail provides for the in* terchange of the members D D and also for the inversion of said members D D in a way to present at least four surfaces for engagement with the wheelflanges. Assuming that the top edge of the head-sections 7L of the member D becomes worn by the wheelflanges, itis evident that the members D D may be reversed in the chairs, so as to bring the top edge of the head h of the member D into position for engagement with the wheelflanges. Again, should the top edges of both members D D become worn, the rail may be dismounted from the chairs and the rail inverted or turned upside down, so as to bring the other head-sections 7L uppermost, after which the rail may be replaced for one headsection, as h of the rail member D, to engage with the wheel-flanges; and, furthermore, when this head-section 7L of the member D becomes worn the operation of reversing the rail-sections may be repeated, so as to make the heads h of the member D engage with the wheel-fiangcs.

In the operation of laying or installing the track the carriers or stringers A may be laid on the road-bed of any suitable character, or these carriers may be fastened to the ordinary ties or sleepers of an old track when the equipment is to be replaced by my improved structure. After the carriers shall have been secured in place the operation of assembling the sections of the chair and the mem bers of the rails proceeds in an obvious man ner. The asseinblin of these several parts is facilitated by having them duplicates or complements, so that they may be readily fitted into engagement one with the other. The members of the rails are so assembled that they will break joints at the chairs, as indicated by Fig. 2.k After the sections B B of each chair are fitted to the respective sides of the bisected rail the tubular binders C are passed through the openings in the parts of the chair, the collar d being engaged with one section of the chair and the collar cl2 being screwed on the binder into engagement with the other section of the chair. The chairs on adjacent rails are connected operatively by a lcross member or tie member F, the same being preferably in the form of a metallic tube IOO IIO

which is adapted to pass through the tubular l binders C. This tubular tie member F is threaded at its ends, as at lc in Fig. 3, and on each end portion of this tie member is screwed a nut F, which is adapted for engagement with the collard2 in a way to serve as a checknut for said collar and to draw the parts to their required positions. Said tie member F is also provided with a transverse opening fm, near each collar d of. the binder, and through this openingm is driven a pin or key G, which is adapted to coperate with the nut F in securing the parts in working position and in obtaining a standard gage or measurement for the rails of the track.

By reference to Figs. 3 and 6, it will be seen that the outer face of each rail member is channeled and the inner face of each` section of the chair is fashioned to engage with the channeled face of lthe rail and to afford a seat for the bottom part of said rail. This peculiar form of the rail member is important in my invention, because it provides for the proper assemblage of the membersin relation to the chair, and also enables the rail members when worn to be utilized in the erection or construction of metallic structures, one form of metallic structure being disclosed in a copending application, filed March 30, 1905, Serial No. 251,180.

Another feature of my invention consists in the employment of a filler H, adapted to occupy one of the longitudinal spaces or chambers E within the rail. This filler eX- tends lengthwise of the rail and it tends primarily to overcome any tendency of the rail to swerve or become deflected from its proper position. The filler H may be a solid rod which is fitted in the upper hollow part of the rail at the time of its installation; but T prefer to employ a tubular or hollow filler, as shown by Fig. 3. The longitudinal space E or the filler H is adapted to receive or accom modate electrical wires which are adapted to be compactly disposed within the rail and to be housed or protected by said rail or the tubular filler H. i

I do not desire to confine myself strictly to the employment of rail members with a plurality ol' longitudinal grooves in their inner faces, because I may adopt as one construction of one member of the rail the form of rail member shown by Fig. 7. In this form of the invention the inner face of the rail member is provided with a single groove f, while the outer face of the rail member is provided with a curved channel g', instead of the angular channel g. (Shown by Fig. 6.) The rail member D2 is adapted to be assembled in matching relation with a rail member D and the ribf fits in one of the grooves f to secure the desired interlocking engagement between the assembled complemental members of the rai The use of rail members interlocked with each other at their meeting faces is advantageous, because one member is prevented from sliding endwise on the other.

The filler, either solid or tubular, is located in the exposed art of the rail above the plane of the chalrs, and said filler reinforces the rail and keeps it from swerving sidewise or laterally.

It is evident that by spiking the chairs to the carrier they are fastened individually. Therefore it is not necessary to connect each chair of one rail to the corresponding chair of the other rail. Hence the cross-tie members may be usedat intervals to connect the adjoining pairs of chairs.

Changes in the form, size, proportion, and minor details in construction may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve the right to make such alterations and modifications as fairly fall within the scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is#

1. In a device of the class described, a chair consisting of companion members, means for drawing said members toward each other, and a bisected rail consisting of complemental members seated in the chair, the members of said rail being held in engagement laterally with each other by the clamping action of the members of said chair.

2. In a device of the class described, a chair consisting of companion members, means for drawing said members toward each other, and a bisected rail consisting of complemental members seated in the chair, the members of said rail being held in engagement laterally with each other by the clamping action of the members of said chair, said rail members being adapted to be interchanged and reversed in the chair when the members of the latter are released from the clamping means. y

3. In a device of the class described, a chair consisting of companion members, means for drawing said members toward each other, and a bisected rail consisting of complemental members seated in the chair, the members of said rail being held in engagement laterally with each other by the clamping action of the members of said chair, said rail members being provided on their opposing faces with grooves adapted to form a longitudinal .space or chamber wi thin the rail.

4. A bisected rail conslstmg of complemental members provided on their opposing faces with matching grooves, the inner faces of the rail members engaging with each other above and below the grooves, and a tubular filler occupying said grooves within the rail.

5.- A bisected rail comprising grooved reversible members assembled in matching relation to produce a plurality of longitudinal IOO ILO

spaces in the rail, and a tubular filler for one of said spaces.

6. A bisected rail having complemental and reversible double-headed members assembled into matching interlocking relation.

7. A bisected rail comprising double-headed members serrated on their webs and assembled into interlocking relation.

S. A bisected rail comprising grooved and corrugated double-headed reversible mem` bers assembled into matching and interloclc ing relation.

9. A bisected rail comprising complemental members, each provided at its respective edges with portions of rail-heads, the inner face of the web being in the same plane as the inner faces of the rail-heads, said members being reversible and interchangeable to produce treads and unimpaired wear-surfaces.

10. A double-headed bisected rail comprising complemental double-headed members, the meeting faces of the webs and heads of said members being in the plane of the vertical aXis of the rail.

11. A double-headed bisected rail comprising matching members provided with channeled outer faces, combined with a sectional chair, the parts of which are fashioned to embrace the channeled faces of the members and the lower portion or base of the rail.

12. A double-headed bisected rail having channeled outer faces, combined with a sectional chair on which the lower head or base portion of the rail is seated, the sections of the chair engaging with the channeled faces of the rails. a

13. The combination of a chair composed of sections, a bisected rail the members of which are seated on the sections of the chair, and means for clamping the members of the rail by and between the sections of the chair.

14. The combination of a chair composed of sections, a bisected rail the members of which are seated on and disposed between the sections of the chair, and means for clam pling the sections of the chair upon the respective members of the rail.

15. The combination of a chair composed of sections, a bisected rail the members of which are seated on and disposed between the sections of the chair, and means for drawing the members of the rail into lateral engagement by a clamping action of the sections of the chair upon said members of the rail.

16. In a device of the class described, a chair comprising sections, a binder engaging with said chair-sections for clamping them on a rail, and a tie connected to said binder, said tie being attachable to and detachable from the binder independently of the clamping action of said binder on the chair-sections.

17. In a deviceof the class described, a chair having sections, a hollow binder having means for clamping said chair-sections on a rail, and a tie fitted in said binder, said tie being connected with said binder independently of the means for clamping the chair-sections.

` 18. In a device of the class described, aY

chair having sections, a tubular binder, means whereby the binder acts to clamp said chairsections on a rail, a tie in said binder, and means for connecting the tie to the binder independently of the means for clamping the chair-sections by said binder, whereby the tie may be attached and disconnected without disturbing the binder or the chair.

19. In a device of the class described, a sectional chair, a sectional rail seated in said chair, a binder, means whereby the binder operates to clamp the sections of the chair on the sectional rail, a tie, and means for connecting the tie to the binder independently of the means which cause the binder to clamp the chair-sections.

20. The combination of a sectional chair, a hollow binder, collars on the respective ends of said binder for clamping the chair, and a tie member clamped to the binder independently of the engagement of the collars with the chair-sections.

21. The combination of a sectional chair, a hollow binder having means for clamping the sections of the chair upon a rail, and a tie member clamped at two points to said'binder independently of the clamping engagement of the binder with the sections of the chair.

22. The combination of a sectional chair, a tubular binder fitted in the sections of the chair, collars on the binder and engaging with the sections of the chair, and a tubular tie member fitted in the tubular binder and held from endwise movement therein.

23. rlhe combination of a carrier, a sectional chair having its sections fastened to the carrier, a rail seated on the chair, and means connecting the chair-sections for clamping the same upon said rail.

24. The combination of sectional chairs, a bisected rail seated insaid chairs and comprising members which are assembled to break joints at one of the chairs., and means for clamping the sections of the individual chairs upon the members of the rail, the members of said rail being clamped laterally together by the clamping action of the chairsections thereon.

25. ln a railway-rail, a member having sections of rail-heads at its respective edges, one side of the member being a plane surface intersected by grooves extending transversely of the length of said member.

26. In a railway-rail, a member having sections of rail-heads at its respective edges, said member being provided with a channel situated between the sections of said railheads, the web of said rail member being provided with transverse grooves or serrations.

27. In a railway-rail, a member having IOO IIO

sections of rail-heads at its respective edges7 l said member being provided on one side With said member being pro vided in one side with transverse serrations or corrugations. longitudinal and transverse grooves. 30. In a railway-rail, a member having 28. In a railway-rail, a member having sections of rail-heads at its respective edges, 5 sections of rail-heads at its respective edges, said member having transverse corrugations i 5 said member being pro vided in one side With in a plane surface thereof.

a channel and in its other side With longitudi- EDMOND MOLLOY. nal and transverse grooves. Witnesses:

29. In a railvvav-rail7` a member lhaving l JOHN F. X. MOLLOY,

1o sections of rail-heads at its respective edges, l JAS. II. GRIFFIN. 

